Nancy Glass is CEO of Glass Entertainment Group and formerly an American television and radio host.
Career
Nancy Glass is currently the owner of Glass Entertainment Group. In 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, her company was named as part of the Global 100, the listing of the top 100 production companies in the world. Her company has produced two thousand hours of programming for various networks including: A&E, E!, TLC, WE, LOGO, National Geographic, Animal Planet, HGTV, CNN, Oxygen and XM/Sirius satellite radio. They have also produced hundreds of digital programs and created the podcast: Confronting O. J. Simpson hosted by Kim Goldman. It was one of the most downloaded podcasts of 2019. In 2021 she appeared on the ABC sitcom, ''The Goldbergs''. She played herself in the 80's.
Previously she was an on-air personality. In 1993, Glass was an anchor for the
King World
King World Productions, Inc. (also known as King World Entertainment, King World Enterprises, or simply King World) was a production company and syndicator of television programming in the United States independently established in 1964 until acq ...
syndicated news magazine, ''
American Journal
''American Journal'' (alternately titled ''American Journal: Coast to Coast'' for its final season; also known as ''AJ'') is a syndicated television newsmagazine program that ran from 1993 to 1998. The series was distributed by King World Produc ...
''. She hosted the show until 1997 when she left to do a pilot for her own talk show for ABC. Prior to that she was senior correspondent and weekend anchor for ''
Inside Edition
''Inside Edition'' is an American news broadcasting newsmagazine program that is distributed in first-run syndication by CBS Media Ventures. Having premiered on January 9, 1989, it is the longest-running syndicated-newsmagazine program that is n ...
''. While working at ''Inside Edition'' she became the first person in syndication nominated for a national News Emmy. She came to ''Inside Edition'' from another nationally syndicated news magazine, ''This Evening''. It was the first national news magazine where the solo anchor was a woman. Before that, she had three jobs at once. She was the co-host of ''
Attitudes'' on Lifetime. ''Attitudes'' earned her an Emmy nomination as Best Daytime Talk Show Host. While hosting ''Attitudes'' she also hosted a nightly newsmagazine show, ''Evening Magazine'', airing on KYW (then the NBC affiliate) in Philadelphia and added humor to the
PBS
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series ''
Sneak Previews
''Sneak Previews'' (known as ''Opening Soon...at a Theater Near You'' from 1975 to 1977 and ''Sneak Previews Goes Video'' from 1989 to 1991) is an American film review show that ran for over two decades on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). It wa ...
'', reporting on the weekly "golden turkeys". Prior to this, she was the weekend anchor and reporter for Channel 5 in New York (
WNYW
WNYW (channel 5) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the Fox network. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside Secaucus, New Jersey–licensed MyNetworkTV flagship W ...
). She worked in New York after spending a year working in Cleveland at the NBC-owned station where she had also three jobs at once. She hosted the morning talk show (ZAP!) and an afternoon dance show, and contributed movie reviews to the 11 pm news. She got her job in Cleveland right out of college.
She began her television career while attending Tufts University in Boston. In her sophomore year she became a management trainee at WBZ, the CBS affiliate. In her junior year she became a producer. She went on the air in her senior year as a tipster on Boston's ''
Evening Magazine
''Evening Magazine'' is the name of various news and entertainment-style local television shows in different markets.
Concept
On August 9, 1976, Westinghouse (Group W) Broadcasting-owned KPIX in San Francisco debuted a locally-produced magazin ...
'' program.
In 2021, it was announced that Glass and
Marcus Lemonis
Marcus Anthony Lemonis (born November 16, 1973) is a Lebanese-born American businessman, television personality and philanthropist. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Camping World, Good Sam Enterprises, Gander RV and The House Boardshop, i ...
have acquired the rights of the game show ''
Let's Make a Deal
''Let's Make a Deal'' (also known as ''LMAD'') is an American television musical comedy variety-game show that originated in the United States in 1963 and has since been produced in many countries throughout the world. The program was created an ...
''.
Other notable television and radio jobs include: Co-Host of the Miss America Pageant in 1997, repeatedly appeared as a square on ''Hollywood Squares'', hosted a popular morning radio show in Philadelphia on STAR 104.5. She also hosted the emmy-nominated ''Gardens Great and Small'' on PBS.
When not overseeing her company, Glass Entertainment Group, Glass has appeared as a guest or guest-host on such programs as ''
The Daily Show
''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk and satirical news television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central with release shortly after on Paramount+. ''The Daily Show'' draws its comedy and satire form from ...
'', ''
The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch'', CNN ''
Larry King Live
''Larry King Live'' was an American television talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was the channel's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly.
Mainly aired from CNN's Los Angeles s ...
'', ''
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien. NBC aired 2,725 episodes from September 13, 1993, to February 20, 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and music ...
'', ''
CBS Morning News
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'', ''
Hollywood Squares
''Hollywood Squares'' (originally ''The Hollywood Squares'') is an American game show in which two contestants compete in a game of tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The show piloted on NBC in 1965 and the regular series debuted in 1966 on the ...
'',
Court TV
Court TV is an American digital broadcast network and former cable television channel. It was originally launched in 1991 with a focus on crime-themed programs such as true crime documentary series, legal analysis talk shows, and live news cove ...
,
MSNBC
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and as a host on
WOR-radio in
New York City
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. She has been featured in:
''People'', ''
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
'', ''
TV Guide
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'', ''
Redbook
''Redbook'' is an American women's magazine that is published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the " Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines. It ceased print publication as of January 2019 and now operates an article-comprise ...
'', ''
Ladies Home Journal
''Ladies' Home Journal'' was an American magazine last published by the Meredith Corporation. It was first published on February 16, 1883, and eventually became one of the leading women's magazines of the 20th century in the United States. In 18 ...
'',
''Bazaar'',
''Vogue'',
''Fitness'',
''Glamour'',
''Time'', ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', ''
The Los Angeles Times
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'', ''
The Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...
'', ''
The Philadelphia Inquirer
''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pennsy ...
'' and hundreds more publications.
Glass is Chair of the Board of Advisors at Tufts University’s School of Arts and Sciences. In this capacity, she has enabled the educational establishment to set up an endowed scholarship for one of their students. Glass explained, “The more I learn about the school, the more I admire the way it is run and the goals set by the administration. Scholarships are very important to Tufts and I want to show my support by giving. I want as many kids as possible to have the phenomenal experience that I had at Tufts.”. As well, in 2009, Glass pledged an undisclosed amount of money for an endowed scholarship for the Beyond Boundaries capital campaign for Tufts.
Glass is married to Charles Lachman, he is a pulitzer prize nominee and
author of "The Last Lincolns", "In the Name of the Law", "Footsteps in the Snow" and "A Secret Life...The lies and scandals of Grover Cleveland". Charles Lachman is currently the Executive Producer of ''
Inside Edition
''Inside Edition'' is an American news broadcasting newsmagazine program that is distributed in first-run syndication by CBS Media Ventures. Having premiered on January 9, 1989, it is the longest-running syndicated-newsmagazine program that is n ...
'', an entertainment show run by CBS.
References
External links
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The Official Web Site of Glass Entertainment Group
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American television personalities
American women television personalities
Writers from Boston
Tufts University alumni
American women chief executives